Royal Games Bingo runs on the Spielo software, as part of the G2 network, and is a popular online site. However, the brand is about to change it’s name and they want your help to do so. The site has never had a rebrand in its history, but have decided to change the name to […]
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New Gallery – Michael Hess: Bingo And Social Club Five Years On
Bingo Caller at the PerseveranceSocial Club – South Shields Back in April we announced that Playing Bingo had commissioned the photographer Michael Hess to visit a number of UK bingo halls, in a follow-up to his his excellent book Bingo And Social Club. The original book was a visually stunning document of the players and […]
Bingo More Popular Than Poker For Playtech
For online bingo players the name Playtech may not mean much, but we bet you’ll have heard of Virtue Fusion, the bingo software that Playtech produce for many online bingo sites including Betfred Bingo among others. Well now, for the first time ever, bingo has produced a better first quarter revenue than the poker arm […]
Vernons Bingo In Breach Of ASA Standards
Click here to play at Vernons Bingo Bingo ads often find themselves in the spotlight with the ASA, and often it’s because of bad gaming practices or unclear terms and conditions, but the latest ASA ruling against Vernons Bingo could have repercussions right across all Virtue Fusion sites. The latest advert from the site states […]
Think Bingo Launches Mobile App
Click here to play at Think Bingo It seems the mobile bingo revolution is well and truly underway now and every day new online bingo sites are switching to mobile. The latest, Think Bingo who launched their mobile app this week, but it signals a bigger move across the entire software and all the sites […]
Get Creative!
I’m happy to announce that there’s a brand new section at Playing Bingo. The Creative Corner has launched, incorporating our old Your Stories section and expanding in it in all new cultural directions. It’s something I’ve been planning to do for a long time and finally been pushed to create ahead of the closure of […]
Introducing The 1st Playing Bingo Short Story Competition
Budding authors take note, Playing Bingo is launching a brand new competition that will be right up your street. We’ve got some great prizes up for grabs in our Short Story Competition, with a top prize of £300; and, unlike many other short story competitions it’s free to enter, as long as you’re over 18 […]
New History Piece By Dr. Carolyn Downs
Those of you out there that enjoy a good delve into history and culture of UK bingo are in for a treat. The historian Dr. Carolyn Downs is back with another history piece, this time taking a look at bingo’s famous number names, their origins and meanings, and their place in the English language. The […]
Back In Business, The Return Of Playing Bingo
You’d be forgiven for thinking the site had gone the way of the dodo the last couple of years. I’m as shocked it’s taken as long myself. The old blog shut down in April 2010, due to Blogger removing support for FTP publishing. My aim was to take the opportunity to build a new blog, […]
New Hall History Piece – The Kingston Gala
After a long break, Ian Grundy has returned with another fascinating insight into a grand old bingo hall, illustrated with Ian’s wonderful photographs. This latest piece looks at the development of the monstrously huge Kinston-Upon-Thames Gala Bingo hall. The hall started out as a church and was a theatre / cinema for a time before […]
